Login

 

Forgot password?
Vote History of votings
Subscription

Modify subscription

submarines shipbuilding Black Sea Fleet exercise Pacific Fleet Russian Navy Northern Fleet strategy cooperation Ukraine visits Russia piracy missiles trials Sevastopol history Sevmash presence contracts drills Baltic Fleet industry incident anti-piracy shipyards training Gulf of Aden frigate Somalia India developments reforms opinion Borei procurements policy Russia - India aircraft carrier Crimea arms exports USA St. Petersburg tests France financing Bulava Yury Dolgoruky Serdiukov US Navy Mediterranean cruise Zvezdochka NATO innovations Indian Navy United Shipbuilding Corporation Medvedev Arctic agreements commission Admiralteyskie Verfi Admiral Gorshkov Vladivostok Mistral accident hijacking corvettes overhaul Admiral Kuznetsov anniversary Russia - France Rosoboronexport Vysotsky ceremony event Yantar Severomorsk defense order negotiations aircraft conflict China deployment naval aviation Putin investigations Black Sea Varyag coast guard Novorossiysk Vikramaditya landing craft Far East marines crime Severnaya Verf meeting scandals memorials Syria traditions South Korea statistics Japan escort Neustrashimy Yasen tenders Admiral Chabanenko Marshal Shaposhnikov convoys Ukrainian Navy problems Severodvinsk Chirkov reinforcement tension tragedy firings technology Almaz Moskva search and rescue Caspian Flotilla frontier service upgrade provocation Baltic Sea hostages court keel laying Turkey Dmitry Donskoy rumors Admiral Panteleyev Atalanta shipwreck helicopters Kilo class Petr Veliky World War II death Kaliningrad Norway Rubin Admiral Vinogradov launching patrols Russia-Norway
Search
Strategy strategy Combat Capability [42%], Role and Missions, Structure of the Navy, in-service ships, surface ships, submarines, chronology.
Our friends russian navy weapons world sailing ships
 
Tell a friend Print version

Home / News / Russian Navy News

Caspian Flotilla Gets Ready to Commission New Corvette

Caspian Flotilla Gets Ready to Commission New Corvette 27.09.2012
Text: Southern Military District Press Service
Photo: militaryrussia.ru
Lead corvette of the new series, Grad Sviyazhsk is expected to arrive at Caspian Flotilla (CF) early in 2013 to hold state trials.

At present, the flotilla prepares for acceptance procedures. The state acceptance panel is being formed and experts are setting up trials schedule. The recently manned crew along with trial team will master newest armament and onboard systems.

Grad Sviyazhsk was laid down at Zelenodolsk Shipyard in Aug 2010.

That is a 'river-sea' class multipurpose corvette. Ships of this project are equipped with the latest radioelectronics and gun/missile/counter-terror/antiaircraft weapons including the newest long-range standard missile system Caliber-NK.

Ships of this kind are designed for protection of the state economic zone.

Back to the list




Back to news list